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EU demands Apple play fair
Life, James Hein, Published on 22/06/2022
» It looks like the Apple-specific charging cable may be a thing of the past with the European Union demanding that all smartphone makers use a universal USB-C port for wired charging by 2024. The same rule will be applied to many other electronic devices like tablets, cameras, headphones, handheld video game consoles and e-readers. In the future, laptops will need to follow the same rule.
Seductively mysterious
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 29/04/2022
» Marvel fans who aren't familiar with the comic books probably think they know every single hero in the MCU universe. Over the years, Sony has had the opportunity to buy rights to many Marvel characters, but only picked the likes of Iron Man, Thor, and Spider-Man because they thought nobody would be interested in the more obscure heroes.
Netflix Movies Turn Up in a Surprising Place: Theaters
Business, Published on 17/05/2021
» The nation's movie theaters are running out of movies. Some are turning to an unlikely source for more: Netflix Inc.
Battling sandstorms and scary spiders
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 06/01/2021
» It seems like a very challenging task to successfully adapt hit video games into live action TV and movies as the quest has frustrated far more creators and studios than it's rewarded. High expectations from diehard fans often hobble these adaptations from the start. Yet one fearless filmmaker is Paul W.S. Anderson who moved from one video game franchise adaptation to another, beginning in 1995, with the martial arts fantasy Mortal Kombat to the zombie apocalypse action-packed Resident Evil franchise, four of which he directed. Anderson is back again with Monster Hunter, his latest directorial sci-fi action effort, now showing at cinemas.
Two BBC channels added to 3BB GIGATV lineup
Business, Published on 16/12/2020
» BBC Studios is launching two premium channels, BBC Earth and BBC Lifestyle, on Thailand's on-demand IPTV entertainment platform, 3BB GIGATV, a fixed broadband service in the country.
Tune in, branch out
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 08/04/2020
» Famous spots and public places around the world have become deserted as governments in various countries encourage people to stay home instead of going out in crowds. From an artistic point of view, this is a time when people can see the great emptiness of locations which were once crammed.
Abandon hope all ye who enter here
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 14/02/2020
» January is often the dumping ground for bad movies. It's a slow month at the box office in the run up to the Oscars, and many studios take the opportunity to release low quality titles, some of which may have been collecting dust on the shelf for years. Released on Jan 3 in the US, The Grudge is the latest in this long, tiresome tradition of beginning-of-the-year trash.
Way out there
Life, Pattarawadee Saengmanee, Published on 29/10/2019
» Shoppers at Central Embassy are boarding a spaceship to join a new adventure with robotic dinosaurs in an exhibition titled "Sorayama Space Park By AMKK" that continues until Nov 17.
Innovation on tap
Asia focus, Published on 27/11/2017
» Being able to drink water straight from the tap in your kitchen is a brilliant solution that can save you the hassle of buying plastic bottles and lugging them home every week. And of course, using less plastic is good for the environment. But can you trust the quality of the water, will it taste as good as bottled water, and can you afford it?
VR devices, games take centre stage
Business, Kyodo News, Published on 16/09/2016
» CHIBA, Japan: Virtual reality devices and games grabbed the spotlight as the Tokyo Game Show opened in Chiba, east of Tokyo yesterday.